My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947
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My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

On its 70th anniversary, Anita Rani explores the human impact of the 1947 Partition of India through the dramatic stories of three British families - one Muslim, one Hindu, and one British Colonial. Anita and her mother Lucky also explore their own Partition story, as they become the first members of her Sikh family to return to their ancestral home in what is now Pakistan.

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Status

Ended

Original Name

My Family, Partition and Me: India 1947

First Air Date

August 9, 2017

Last Air Date

August 16, 2017

Seasons

1

Episodes

2

Language

English

Production Companies

Wall to Wall

Networks

BBC One

Episode 2
S01E02

Episode 2

Anita begins her own partition journey as she and her mother Lucky become the first members of their family to return to what is now Pakistan since the Partition of India. In the Punjabi village where her Sikh grandfather's first family were slaughtered, Anita meets locals who were eyewitnesses to that terrible event.

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